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Feminist punk collective Pussy Riot have claimed Russian President Vladimir Putin is scared of them, on the eve of the trial of three of their members. The three members of the band - Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich - have been in pre-trial detention since March of this year, after they staged a protest against Russian President Vladmir Putin. A court recently ruled that the three women will remain in custody until January 12, 2013, however legal arguments will be heard tomorrow (July 30).

Just a follow up to my post earlier this week about the new Bob Dylan album, around which a certain excitement seems to be accumulating. As I mentioned, the album features ten new Dylan songs that I can now give titles to, including “Roll On John”, the album’s closing track, a wistful tribute to John Lennon that quotes lines from several Beatles songs, including “Come Together” and “A Day In The Life”.

The new issue of Uncut, which hits shelves today (July 27), features Joe Strummer, Captain Beefheart, Bob Dylan and Animal Collective. Strummer is on the cover, and inside is the story of the late Clash legend’s secret history – the wilderness years between the end of his group and his final creative rebirth. Captain Beefheart’s whole story is told by The Magic Band, while Bob Dylan’s live show at Hop Farm is reviewed and Animal Collective talk us through their back catalogue.

Public Image Ltd., Buzzcocks and Bow Wow Wow are amongst the bands set to play the 15th annual Rebellion punk music festival in Blackpool next month. Taking place at the city's Winter Gardens venue from August 2-5, the event will also see sets from Rancid, Social Distortion, Stiff Little Fingers, The Only Ones, Agnostic Front, Goldblade, the Fits and Slaughter and the Dogs, with over 150 bands playing the event.

Metallica have revealed that they plan to enter the studio this autumn in order to record their new album. The band's drummer Lars Ulrich said they will start working on the follow-up to Death Magnetic, which was released in 2008, in September.

Graham Nash has contradicted claims by his CSN band mate, Stephen Stills, that the trio would record again. In an interview last month with www.musicradar.com, Stills explained that the sessions the band had been working on with producer Rick Rubin had ground to a halt, and then claimed: "We won't make another album."

Last night [July 25], Wilco appeared on the American chat show, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. The band, who are currently on tour supported by Lee Ranaldo, performed "Art of Almost" from their current album, The Whole Love, as well as "Laminated Cat", by Wilco spin-off, Loose Fur. Art Of Almost: Laminated Cat:

Arctic Monkeys could be set to play at the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony tonight. Last month, a leaked document reportedly showed that Arctic Monkeys were set to feature in tomorrow's spectacle. Other names on the list were Muse, Happy Mondays, M.I.A and Adele.

The first professionally-shot live footage of The Stone Roses in 16 years has appeared online - scroll down to watch it. The five-minute video shows the band performing "I Wanna Be Adored" at Benicassim on July 14. The song was the opening number of the band's 16-song set at the Spanish festival. Frontman Ian Brown kicks off with a few words of Spanish before grabbing a glowstick as the band begins to play. However, professionally-shot footage of other songs from the performance have yet to appear online.

Martha Wainwright is set to release her brand new album, Come Home To Mama, on October 15. The album was recorded at Sean Lennon's home studio in New York City and was produced was Yuka C Honda of Cibo Matto and features guest musicians Nels Cline of Wilco on guitar, Thomas Bartlett on keys, Brad Albetta – Wainwright's husband - on bass and Jim White on drums.